On the Eight Extremes Star, I awakened the twelve talismans.

Ye Han tossed Bai Yan aside, and Bai Yan's back slammed against the cold rock wall.

Those cold eyes silently watched Ye Han's movements.

He saw everything that just happened.

When Ye Han pulled the pink robot out of his pocket, he realized that he had been tricked from the very beginning.

Luger stole the Eva from the Storm Famila arena, which he treasured and personally embedded into the Arden interface, only to find out it was a fake from start to finish.

This person switched the genuine article with the real one right under his nose, and he didn't even notice.

Judging from his methods and the abilities he has displayed so far, it's no wonder he defeated us.

Ye Han temporarily withdrew the horse talisman.

Ye Han, far away in Yaya Luo, suspended the repair work on the entire planet.

A white light enveloped the Eva robot in his hand.

The damaged internal components automatically repaired themselves within the beam of light, and after the repair, Aiva became responsive.

It floated up from Ye Han's palm and flew into the air.

It begins with a round, pink robot that transforms, its outer shell unfolds, reassembles, and splices together, its limbs stretch out from their folded state, and its torso elongates from a spherical shape into a slender female mechanical form.

A head of large, pink, wavy hair extends from her head, and her limbs are identical to those of a human female.

She may look like just a slightly unique robot, but when she lands on the ground, the natural elegance and composure in her landing is something that no ordinary robot could possess.

She came to the feet of Arden and gently stroked the mecha with her mechanical hand.

Aiva spoke, his voice a blend of gentleness and authority: "Arden, I'm back. I remember everything that happened."

It turned around, looked directly at Ye Han, lowered its head slightly, and made a gesture of respect that represents the highest level of respect in the Tonati civilization.

"Ye Han, thank you for your help. Without you, I would forever be a key with my memories erased, forever unaware of the mission I bear."

Ye Han nodded slightly in return.

He wasn't used to such formal thanks, but since the other party was once a civilized queen, he still had to show the respect due to her.

"It was nothing, no need to be so polite. But now that you've brought it up, I'm quite curious: what exactly happened to the Tonatien people back then? And why did you transform from a living queen into a machine?"

Just as Queen Aiva was about to answer, a hoarse and weak voice came from below the rock wall.

"The Tonatians?" Byakugan leaned against the rock wall, his voice weak, but every word was filled with malice.

"The galaxy they originally lived in was turned into a mess by their own greed, resources were depleted, the ecology collapsed, and finally a civil war broke out, shattering their own home planet into pieces. The so-called Queen Aiva is nothing but a broken robot. Without Aden, what are you?"

"If you can't even protect your own home planet, what right do you have to talk about these things?"

Queen Aiva did not immediately refute, nor did she rush to vindicate herself.

"Baiyan, don't think I don't know. You're the mastermind behind the Galaxy Eye's genocide against the Tonati people."

"Back then, at the Galaxy Eye high-level meeting, you overruled the objections of others and insisted on the complete eradication of the Tonatians, on the grounds that our mechanical life forms posed an uncontrollable potential threat to Galaxy Eye."

"One Arden is enough to defeat Kusa. If the Tonatians mass-produce Arden-level combat weapons, the Galaxy Eye will not be able to maintain its control over the galaxy. This meeting record is kept in my core database."

Queen Aiva took a step forward, her mechanical feet making a crisp sound as they struck the rock.

"So, seeing you here today as a prisoner is a way of venting the anger that the Tonati clan has been holding back for many years."

"Furthermore, you are right that the Tonati are all mechanical life forms. Therefore, the personality data and memory data of every deceased Tonati are all here with me, and are well preserved in my database."

"You think you've slaughtered them, physically erased them, but you can't erase data. Soon, they'll be resurrected in newly created mechanical bodies. The Tonati race is not truly dead."

Ye Han quietly acted as an observer, listening to the conversation between the two.

Based on what Lingling had said and the information he had just received, Ye Han made some deductions.

The Tonatians left their original star system due to internal conflicts, and Queen Aiva was likely one of them. Arden was one of their creations.

Besides these, a whole host of other questions popped into Ye Han's head.

Such a powerful civilization, capable of creating something like Arden, knowing the purpose of the Galaxy Eye, why didn't they simply use Arden to destroy them?

With such a powerful weapon, how could they have ended up in their current state?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that a crucial link was missing. Yaden's strength was beyond doubt; he had defeated Kusa head-on, yet he watched helplessly as he was slaughtered. It just didn't make sense.

Ye Han could understand the situation, but he couldn't see the whole picture.

The feeling is like following a long-running anime series, waiting for each new episode to be released every week, and just when the progress bar reaches the most exciting part, the screen goes black.

A pop-up message appears: Next episode preview.

It feels like something's stuck in my throat, neither going up nor down, it's so uncomfortable.

Aiva continued, "I have to thank your plan. The damage to my core would have taken at least a century to repair. But your actions led to Ye Han's intervention, which indirectly restored me to my original state."

"Speaking of which, I should thank you."

These words were more grating to Bai Yan's ears than any mockery.

Bai Yan lay on the ground, silent.

He not only lost, but he lost so thoroughly that his self-esteem was shattered.

Queen Aiva withdrew her gaze from Bai Yan and turned to Ye Han, her tone gradually softening from its previous coldness:

"What the eye-rolling guy just said about the Tonati home planet isn't wrong in its core. We Tonati people really brought this upon ourselves, which is why we ended up fleeing our home planet and going into interstellar exile."

As Aiva explained, more secrets about the Tonati people came to light.

The Tonati originally lived in a distant galaxy, where their civilization lasted for hundreds of thousands of years.

In the middle of their civilization, the Tonatians made a decision that seemed absolutely correct at the time.

They abandoned their fragile biological bodies, uploaded their consciousness to mechanical carriers, and advanced into pure mechanical life forms, hoping to continue in this form forever.

This decision freed them from disease, aging, and death, and their technological level achieved a qualitative leap in a short period of time. However, there was one thing that the Tonati people at the time did not anticipate.

Desire does not disappear with the disappearance of the physical body.

On the contrary, because of the infinite extension of lifespan, desires are magnified countless times.